Gender aspects of small-scale private irrigation in Africa
This Working Paper presents methodological and substantive findings of gender-differentiated quantitative farm household surveys about smallholders? private irrigation technology adoption in Ghana and Zambia. Focusing on three gender variables, household headship, labor provision and plot management...
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International Water Management Institute
2012
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| author | van Koppen, Barbara Hope, Lesley Colenbrander, W. |
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| description | This Working Paper presents methodological and substantive findings of gender-differentiated quantitative farm household surveys about smallholders? private irrigation technology adoption in Ghana and Zambia. Focusing on three gender variables, household headship, labor provision and plot management, the paper examines adoption rates, types of technologies and gendered labor provision in female- and male-headed households; compares adoption rates on women?s own plots with overall rates; compares women?s decision-making on irrigated plots and rainfed plots; and examines impacts of targeting strategies. Findings suggest that women are proactive irrigation adopters in spite of the many obstacles they face. Removing those obstacles serves both gender equality and irrigation policies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace392512025-11-07T08:42:44Z Gender aspects of small-scale private irrigation in Africa van Koppen, Barbara Hope, Lesley Colenbrander, W. gender irrigation projects small scale systems lift irrigation technology irrigated sites pumps households income decision making surveys irrigated farming rainfed farming fields farm size labour This Working Paper presents methodological and substantive findings of gender-differentiated quantitative farm household surveys about smallholders? private irrigation technology adoption in Ghana and Zambia. Focusing on three gender variables, household headship, labor provision and plot management, the paper examines adoption rates, types of technologies and gendered labor provision in female- and male-headed households; compares adoption rates on women?s own plots with overall rates; compares women?s decision-making on irrigated plots and rainfed plots; and examines impacts of targeting strategies. Findings suggest that women are proactive irrigation adopters in spite of the many obstacles they face. Removing those obstacles serves both gender equality and irrigation policies. 2012 2014-06-13T13:51:51Z 2014-06-13T13:51:51Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39251 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute van Koppen, Barbara; Hope, Lesley; Colenbrander, W. 2012. Gender aspects of small-scale private irrigation in Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 17p. (IWMI Working Paper 153) doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2013.201 |
| spellingShingle | gender irrigation projects small scale systems lift irrigation technology irrigated sites pumps households income decision making surveys irrigated farming rainfed farming fields farm size labour van Koppen, Barbara Hope, Lesley Colenbrander, W. Gender aspects of small-scale private irrigation in Africa |
| title | Gender aspects of small-scale private irrigation in Africa |
| title_full | Gender aspects of small-scale private irrigation in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Gender aspects of small-scale private irrigation in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender aspects of small-scale private irrigation in Africa |
| title_short | Gender aspects of small-scale private irrigation in Africa |
| title_sort | gender aspects of small scale private irrigation in africa |
| topic | gender irrigation projects small scale systems lift irrigation technology irrigated sites pumps households income decision making surveys irrigated farming rainfed farming fields farm size labour |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39251 |
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